Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America (Studies in Legal History) by Michael Grossberg

Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America (Studies in Legal History)
by Michael Grossberg

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ISBN: 0807842257

ISBN-13: 9780807842256

Data published: 1988

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press

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Description of the Book: Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America (Studies in Legal History)

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Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital relationship between legal history and the family, Michael Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues as common law marriage, adoption, and rights for illegitimate children. He shows how legal changes diminished male authority, increased women's and children's rights, and fixed more clearly the state's responsibilities in family affairs. Grossberg further illustrates why many basic principles of this distinctive and powerful new body of law—antiabortion and maternal biases in child custody—remained in effect well into the twentieth century.

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Details of the Book: Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America (Studies in Legal History)

Author: Michael Grossberg

Number Of Pages: 436

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0131593684

ISBN-13: 9780807842256

Language: English

Amazon Sales Rank: 718909

Publication Date: 1988

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press

Package Dimensions: 1.13 x 9.01 x 5.94 inches

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